September 2026
5
Saturday
Parabhava
Avani
20
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Avani 19 on this day. Here Avani began a day earlier, on Monday 17 August.

Theypirai
Navamitill 11.24 am, then Dasami
Mirugaseeridamtill 11.01 am, then Thiruvathirai
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.55–11.34
Yamagandamafternoon 2.49–4.27
Kuligaimorning 6.40–8.18
ChandrashtamamVisakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.34–1.11evening 8.21–9.05

Computed for Minneapolis, in US Central time (CDT). Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Kuligai from its own sunrise; Gowri Nalla Neram from its sunrise and sunset. Minute times are under Your day.

Shastra's reading

For anything new, 11.34 am to 2.49 pm is the best of the day.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day

Computed for Minneapolis, to the minute. Use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham.

The day at a glance

Gold marks good time, the solid bars mark times to avoid, and hatching marks a caution: denser while two cautions run together. Tap or drag across the chart to read any moment.

Good times

11.34 am–2.49 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.25–9.55 amClear of every caution
11.34 am–1.11 pm, inside the clear stretch
12.46–1.37 pm
4.27–6.50 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

6.40–8.18 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.40–8.25 am
9.55–11.34 am
2.49–4.27 pm
6.50–8.21 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 2.09 am

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika Rasi.

is a time to go carefully: tradition advises waiting until it ends; many put off new ventures, long journeys and disputes.

Sun and Moon

Sunrise6.40 am
Sunset7.43 pm
Moonrise12.57 am (next day)
Moonset4.31 pm
SunSimha Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Sunday 6 September: Ekadasi.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Minneapolis's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Minneapolis by modern astronomical calculation (Drik, Lahiri). A caution's start is rounded down and its end up; a good window's start up and its end down. Underlined words open their meaning.

The five limbs

LimbThis dayThen
Sani (Saturday)
Navami, till 11.24 am 11–50 nazhigaiDasami
Mirugaseeridam, till 11.01 am 10–53 nazhigaiThiruvathirai
Siddhi Yogam, till 11.15 pm 41–27 nazhigaiVyatipata Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 11.24 am 11–50 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 10.12 pm 38–49 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Minneapolis

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.13–5.56 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.40–8.18 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.40–8.25 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.55–11.34 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.46–1.37 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.49–4.27 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.50–8.21 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.04–1.33 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.40
Uthi18.18
Visham9.55
Amirtham11.34
Rogam1.11
Labam22.50
Dhanam4.27
Sugam36.05

Night

Labam47.43
Dhanam9.06
Sugam10.28
Soram11.49
Uthi1.12
Visham2.34
Amirtham3.57
Soram5.18

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham; 2 Yamagandam; 3 Tyajyam; 4 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Siṃha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Navamī · Sthira Vāsara · Mṛgaśīrṣa (Ārdrā from 11.01 am, computed)

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1948
2083
2082
5128
1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Simha6.40 am7.44 am
Kanya7.44 am10.22 am
Tula10.22 am1.01 pm
Vrischika1.01 pm3.30 pm
Dhanu3.30 pm5.29 pm
Makara5.29 pm6.54 pm
Kumbha6.54 pm8.00 pm
Meena8.00 pm9.04 pm
Mesha9.04 pm10.20 pm
Vrishabha10.20 pm12.05 am
Mithuna12.05 am2.24 am
Kataka2.24 am5.02 am
Simha5.02 am6.41 am

The rising sign (udaya lagnam) through the day, computed for Minneapolis.

Horai

Day

Sani6.40
Guru7.45
Sevvai8.50
Suriya9.56
Sukran11.01
Budhan12.06
Chandra1.11
Sani2.17
Guru3.22
Sevvai4.27
Suriya5.32
Sukran6.37

Night

Budhan7.43
Chandra8.38
Sani9.32
Guru10.27
Sevvai11.22
Suriya12.17
Sukran1.12
Budhan2.07
Chandra3.02
Sani3.56
Guru4.51
Sevvai5.46

Each horai begins at the time shown and runs to the next.

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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